The Taxpayer First Act (TFA), enacted in 2019, provides for increased communication between whistleblowers and the IRS. It also establishes legal protection against employer retaliation when whistleblowers report tax abuse to the IRS. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently conducted an audit to determine the effectiveness of the IRS’s Whistleblower Program. TIGTA found that the Whistleblower Office doesn’t capture all of the data that could be used to determine whether the whistleblower claims with the most potential to be productive are being referred for enforcement. Read the audit: https://bit.ly/3PoxSqQ
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